fracture

Xi appears to understand the lesson from the 1960s, when Soviet heavy-handedness toward China as the “younger brother” helped fracture that earlier alliance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

With a better understanding of how dendrites fracture solid electrolytes, the team is now investigating ways to stop or delay the process.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026

Because Ohashi, who suffered a back fracture and injuries to both shoulders during her elite career, can’t do as many reps as she did as a teenager, she makes each one count more now.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

Apart from a fracture in her left foot and a few scrapes and bruises, Fabiana suffered no other injuries.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

Then I watched as the little wisp of smoke drifted toward the floor of the airlock, disappearing through a hairline fracture.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

Heated debates over slavery, the constitution and the economic and political system created clear fractures among the population.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

BBC Radio London presenter Jo Good has returned to her show two weeks after suffering four fractures to her face in the Bedfordshire train crash.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

She was already in surgery for fractures in both arms at that point.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

Earthquakes occur when stress that has accumulated in the Earth's crust is suddenly released along fractures known as faults.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 18, 2026

The story moves forward in a series of painful unravelings—the school is scandalized; a family fractures; a gay relationship is revealed; a deep friendship between two boys rips apart.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

The models indicate that the amount of fractured, permeable rock created by an impact depended mainly on the energy of the collision, which was controlled by the asteroid's size and speed.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 2, 2026

Faye and Sonko came to power together in 2024 on the promise of sweeping reforms, but their alliance has recently fractured, fuelling political uncertainty in the country.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

It showed that even in a polarized America, fractured by the Vietnam War, reconciliation and healing is always possible, a message that is once again desperately needed today.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026

While a pair of lawsuits fractured their relationship between 2021 and 2023, IBM and GlobalFoundries have since buried the hatchet.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

The draccus crashed into the trunk, and though it didn’t snap, it fractured with a sound like a crack of lightning.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

Joe Fitzsimons, CEO of Horizon Quantum, has witnessed this fracturing firsthand.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

Reigning champion Marc Marquez - Alex's brother - missed the race after fracturing his foot in France last weekend.

From BBC ● May 17, 2026

Reagan amid the tumult and tectonic fracturing of the 1960s Civil Rights and Free Speech movements.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2026

For myself, the inactivity I was forced into after fracturing my arm became a time for reflection.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026

Are they part of a global tectonic system, produced perhaps by fracturing of an expanding or contracting planet?

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan